Sash-holder.



F. L.cUMM|`Ns.

SASH HOLDER. APPLICATION lFILED AUG. 6. 1915.

1,186,380i Patented June 6,1916.`

ation-aeg( FORREST L. CUMMINS., F LAKEVIEW, OHIO.

SASH-I-IOLDER.

Specification of -Letters Patent.

Patented VJune'f, 19,16.

Application led August 6, 1915. Serial No. 44,038.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FonREsT L. CUMMINS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Lakeview, in the county of Logan, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in sash holders, and has for its object to so construct a device of this character that the sash can be held in adjusted positions without the aid of weights and cords.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sash holder so constructed that the same will effectually hold a window sash in of a window frame, parts broken away, and

showing the holder in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on line 3-3 of Fig.

1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the holding bars.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates the window frame, which has its sides provided with sash grooves 2. Opening into the grooves 2 of one sideof the frame, are slots 3, the purpose Ofwhich will appearlater.

The holding bars 4 are formed from Wood, and are provided with shoulders 5, said shoulders being disposed adjacent the ends of the slots 3, and serve to prevent vertical movement of the bars.' By providing-the shoulders 5, extensions 6 are provided, said extensions being formed with perforations 7, which receive the bolts 8, and have their inner ends engaged with the sides ofthe frame 1, and their outer ends projected beyond the extensions 6 after passing through the perforations 7 formed therein. The projected ends of the bolts 8 are encircled. bv coil springs 10, which have their inner ends engaged with the extensions 6, and their outer ends with the adjusting nuts 11, said nuts being operable to regulate the tension of the springs 10, and thus the frictional engagement of the bars with the side rails 12 of the sashes 13. The inner edges of the bars 4 have metal strips 14 secured thereto.

The side rails of the sashes are provided with metal strips 15, which have secured thereto strips of felt 16 or the-like, and since the same engage the strips 1st, it is obvious that the frictional engagement between-said strips will be suiiicient to holdthe sashes in adjusted positions.

It will be of course obvious that both sides the sides of the frame andprojected through v said extensions, and coil springs encircling the projected ends of the bolts, and having their inner ends engaged with the extensions, nuts engaged upon the bolts and engaged with the outer edge of the coil spring, sashes slidable in the grooves of the frame and frictionally engaged by said bars.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

FORREST L. CUMMINS. Witnesses:

MERLE MGGUIRE, BERTHA C. ARMsTRoNG.

iopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner et Patents, Washington, D. E. 

